Glaucoma

FACULTY:

Manishi Desai, MD (Service Director)

DESCRIPTION:

Offers comprehensive medical and surgical diagnosis
for the treatment of the various forms of glaucoma,
as well as treatment of cataracts.

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES:

• Visual fields
• Tonometry (multiple types, including abnormal corneas)
• Optic disc, fundus and external photography
• Retinal nerve fiber layer imaging (Spectral domain OCT)
• Anterior segment ultrasound biomicroscopy
• Anterior segment OCT

Treatments Offered:

• Comprehensive medical therapy of glaucoma
• Laser therapy of glaucoma
• Wide range of glaucoma surgery, including trabeculectomy with anti-metabolite therapy and implantation of drainage valves.
• MIGs procedures (minimally invasive glaucoma surgery)
• Cyclodestructive procedures
• Cataract surgery (alone or combined with glaucoma surgery)

For an appointment call:

(617)638-8350 (Boston)
(508)823-7473 (Suburban Offices)